单词 | tub |
释义 | tub —tubbable, adj. —tubber, n. —tublike, adj. /tub/, n. , v. , tubbed, tubbing. n. 1. a bathtub. 2. a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom. 3. any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes. 4. the amount a tub will hold. 5. Informal. a short and fat person. 6. Naut. an old, slow, or clumsy vessel. 7. Brit. Informal. a bath in a bathtub. 8. Mining. an ore car; tram. 9. Mil. Slang. a two-seat aircraft, esp. a trainer. v.t. 10. to place or keep in a tub. 11. Brit. Informal. to bathe in a bathtub. v.i. 12. Brit. Informal. to bathe oneself in a bathtub. 13. Informal. to undergo washing, esp. without damage, as a fabric: This cotton print tubs well. [1350-1400; ME tubbe (n.) < MD tobbe; c. MLG tubbe, tobbe] |
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